Two years ago, I didn’t know how to play chess. This is the story of my journey to a 2000 rapid rating on Chess.com.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 – Intro
00:25 – How it all started
01:54 – Playing for fun
02:27 – 1000
03:23 – The OTB chess community
05:19 – Operation 2000
06:23 – Puzzles and 1500
07:56 – Openings
09:39 – Suddenly 1600, 1700, 1800
12:22 – Endgames and 1900 pt. 1
13:28 – Tilt
14:08 – Ups and downs and 1900 pt. 2
15:44 – Patience
17:48 – The last game
19:37 – Thanks for watching
CREDITS:
Graphics/cinematography/editing: Kamryn
FEATURED CREATORS (in order of appearance):
@GothamChess
@BotezLive
@TheBelenkaya
@Alessia_Santeramo
@AnnaRudolfChess
@CoffeeChess
@AnnaCramling
@JonLudvigHammerChess
@eric-rosen
@GMHikaru
@ludwig
@DanielNaroditskyGM
@HangingPawns
MUSIC (in order of appearance):
Shtriker Big Band – Play Play Play
GioeleFazzeri – Infinity Heroes
Hyper Potions – Surf
Daddy’s Music – Ambient Piano & Strings
AlexiAction – Passion
Dopestuff – Neon Gaming
Skilsel – Energetic Hip-Hop
FASSounds – Coding Night
Grand Project – Lady of the 80s
Music for Videos – Swing
Romarecord1973 – A Small Miracle
FASSounds – Fun Life
Hot Music – Winning Elevation
Lexin Music – Cinematic Documentary
and introducing original outro music by Nela Ruiz
Special thanks to:
Todd Wolf
Bismarck Chess Club
Fargo Chess Club
KX News
Netflix
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